C 0422-213

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Globular cluster
C 0422-213
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 24 m 44.5 s
declination -21 ° 11 ′ 13 ″
Appearance
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Color excess
E (BV) (redness)
0.02
Physical data
Affiliation Milky Way
Radial velocity −23.79 ± 1.07 km / s
distance 90.1  kpc 
Age 8.9 ± 1.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe / H] −1.46
history
Catalog names
 C 0422-213 •

C 0422-213 is a globular cluster of the outer galactic halo in the constellation Eridanus .

swell

  1. Simbad
  2. ^ A b William E. Harris: A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way . In: Astronomical Journal . tape 112 , no. 4 , 1996, pp. 1487–1488 , doi : 10.1086 / 118116 , bibcode : 1996AJ .... 112.1487H .
  3. ^ A b c Eugene Vasiliev: Proper motions and dynamics of the Milky Way globular cluster system from Gaia DR2 . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . tape 484 , no. 2 , 2019, p. 2832–2850 , doi : 10.1093 / mnras / stz171 , arxiv : 1807.09775 , bibcode : 2019MNRAS.484.2832V .
  4. M. Salaris, A. Weiss: Homogeneous age dating of 55 Galactic globular clusters. Clues to the Galaxy formation mechanisms . In: Astronomy and Astrophysics . tape 388 , 2002, p. 492–503 , doi : 10.1051 / 0004-6361: 20020554 , arxiv : astro-ph / 0204410 , bibcode : 2002A & A ... 388..492S .